Butterfly PA on Texas–Mexico border to seek emergency order halting Trump’s wall through property

MISSION, Texas – Amid a legal battle to stop the federal government from erecting a 36-foot "wall system" topped with steel bollards through its property, the National Butterfly Center is conducting business as usual.

On a Wednesday morning, the parking lot at the 100-acre wildlife center was full, with some families and winter Texans visiting its trails, observation areas, exhibits and botanical garden.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/06/national-butterfly-center-file-restraining-order-border-wall/2793932002/

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